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LIZ GOODWIN OF WRAP SLAMMED BY DAILY MAIL OVER 'APPROPRIATE DISPOSAL' IN RIOTS CLEAN-UP
The Daily Mail fumed over WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin's comment that riot waste should be disposed of 'appropriately' - confirming Salvo's advice in last week's eSalvo.
On WRAP's blog Dr Goodwin wrote:
'Riots, green brooms and recycling on the go
'15 August 2011 - Having recently come back from my honeymoon, watching the news coverage of the riots in cities around Britain certainly brought me back down to earth with a bump.
'It must be heart-breaking for the affected communities to see their homes and businesses looted and vandalised, or worse - particularly for those who've put time and effort in improving and caring for their surroundings. Given the circumstances, it's heartening to see that there's still tremendous community spirit on display, with hundreds of people around the country rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in to the clean-up operation.
'Keep Britain Tidy (KBT), through its Love where you live campaign, has been lending its support to the 'green broom brigade' and there has been a lively presence on Twitter as groups and individuals report the steps they're taking to clear up the mess. They've even been providing free clean-up kits for the volunteers.
'It was good to work with KBT recently during national Recycle Week when WRAP's Recycle Nowprogramme joined forces with the charity to help spread the word about recycling on the go. We had a particular focus on the 2012 Olympics at the time - from the outset the Games has had the stated goal of minimising waste at every stage of the project, ensuring no waste is sent to landfill during Games-time, and encouraging the development of new waste processing infrastructure in East London.
'But the desire to be able to dispose of items while we're out and about, knowing they can be recycled rather than going to landfill, is one that many people would like to be able to realise now. It's an area WRAP's currently looking at - what are your thoughts on this? Would you like to see strategically placed bins colour coded for different sorts of waste? Or do you think people should just take their rubbish home with them?
'Back to the post-riots clean-up, I'm sure the local authorities in the affected areas will also be doing all they can to help ensure that the materials removed - like broken glass, wood and bricks, can be appropriately disposed of. It seems a good example of individuals, businesses and communities working in partnership to get an unpleasant job done. I take my hat off to them…'
The Daily Mail wrote (16 August 2011):
'The wreckage of homes and businesses destroyed in the riots must be recycled, the Government's chief adviser on waste warned yesterday.
'Shattered glass, burnt wood and broken bricks should be 'appropriately disposed of' according yo the head of the recycling quango WRAP.
'Dr Liz Goodwin - whose pay package as chief executive went up last year to £213,000 - spoke out amid continuing efforts by local councils and teams of volunteers to clear the streets and remove the remains of buildings burned and smashed during four nights of rioting in London and across the country. Her intervention in the riot clean-up caused incredulity among critics of state-enforced recycling and green taxes. Doretta Cocks, of the Campaign for Weekly Waste Collections, said: "I was ashamed the rioting was happening in our country. I cannot believe that anyone thinks that recycling the wreckage is now a priority."
'Robert Oxley of the TaxPayer's Alliance said: 'It suggests that the head of this pointless and expensive quango is out of touch. Councils, businesses and residents will be focussed on rebuilding their communities, not separating out the recyclable glass'
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 SUPERMODEL TATJANA PATITZ REUSES SALVAGE IN HER CALIFORNIA HOME
Hidden away among towering pines and orange groves, Tatjana Patitz's California home, full of flowers, foliage and double-height windows that draw the outside in, is at one with the nature on her doorstep. An outdoor bamboo rainshower and reclaimed stone tub create an indulgent, Japanese-style bathroom, French doors open onto a plant-filled outdoor terrace with a cushion-strewn daybed and views over the garden to the ocean beyond, writes Living etc.
Furnishings are an eclectic mix of old and new, antique and bespoke, faded rugs, wind chimes, stacks of books, and swathes of fabrics in earthy tones and textures.
Tatjana has brought old-fashioned cosiness into her kitchen (see photo) with a 1960s stove and rough-hewn sink, both from a scrap yard. Cupboards and shelves are made from salvaged wood.
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 BARBARA WINDSOR LAUNCHES START POP-UP AT LANCASTER HOUSE
Lassco is delighted to have provided a bar made from salvaged timber and decorated with all manner of architectural salvage for the 'Start' pop-up restaurant event, 27-31 July, held in the august surroundings of Lancaster House opposite Buckingham Palace.
Barbara Windsor pulled a pint at the bar for the eager press. Start, a national initiative by the Prince's Charities Foundation to promote and celebrate sustainable living, gave us an enthusiastic welcome saying that Lassco was completely on message as a business concerned with reuse and sustainable living.
[Start wrote on their website - ed]:
'Over the five days Start worked with Jamie Grainger-Smith, the founder of the eco-restaurant consultancy Think Eat Drink, using the burgeoning pop-up concept to showcase sustainable food and drink. A driving force behind Acorn House, the ecologically pioneering restaurant in London's King's Cross, Water House and Jamie Oliver's 'Fifteen Restaurant', Jamie's food ethos is built upon a strong commitment to sustainability.
'Start's focus on locally sourced food, recycling and seasonality combined perfectly with Jamie's long-time interest in sustainable food. The beating heart of any restaurant is, of course, outstanding food; the pop-up served the very best of modern British cuisine, simple but refined, served up in a opulent location. Sustainability is the ethos at the core of this project, but that doesn't mean flavour, quality or style is sacrificed.
'The restaurant was luxurious, comfortable and inviting, offering high quality food accompanied by some of the world's finest organic, carbon neutral and biodynamic wines. The headlining act was, of course, the food; the unique way it was cooked, the sourcing and provenance of all the ingredients. Meat and seafood was sourced from within the UK, and the natural flavours brought to life by Think Eat Drink's chefs with cooking techniques developed over many years in some of London's leading restaurants. Seasonality played a vital role in dictating what was on the menu, which featured the best of British summer produce.
'Diners had the choice of two distinct dining experiences: a four course lunch or five course dinner within the glorious setting of the Grand Hall in Lancaster House; or diners shared a platter of delicately balanced British cured meats, classic pies, beautiful array of cheeses, potted Dorset crab with toasted Artisan breads, on the terrace overlooking the beautiful gardens. A variety of beers, wines and cocktails was served throughout the day at the garden bar (supplied by Lassco).
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 ARTIST CREATES MODEL TOWER FROM HUMAN HAIR
In 2008, Argentinian artist Agustina Woodgate made a 5ft high castellated tower from small brickettes made from compressed human hair. She now lives in Florida.
"I aim to create art that fosters exchanges between people." she writes, "rather than encounters between a viewer and object. Through these exchanges, meaning is elaborated collectively, rather than in the space of individual consumption.
"Often responding to a place or situation, I make objects, site-specific, gallery and context-based installations, films, publications and collaborative event-based projects that focus on the interplay between human beings and their surrounding environment at both macro and micro levels. Site specificity is usually the point of departure for my creative process, involving research into a place and everyday relations. My works explore and engage with multilayered surfaces and workings of the built environment and navigate the intangible and transient layers of physical and psychological space.
"My work often responds to a particular place or situation, exploring the physical, emotional and cultural relationships we have with our surroundings by examining how as individuals we may aspire, adapt, observe, connect, seek and find solutions for living."
Woodgate graduated from the National University of Visual Arts, Argentina, in 2004 and has exhibited extensively in U.S and abroad.
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 THE WASTE HIERARCHY CANNOT BE IGNORED AFTER URGENT DEMOLITION
A reader asks if the new waste hierarchy set out in the Waste Regulations 2011 can be ignored in the clean up following the burning of old brick buildings in the recent UK riots, specifically whether reclaimable London yellow stock bricks can be crushed or landfilled or whether they must be reclaimed for reuse.
The Waste Regulations 2011 require all authorities to create waste prevention plans and waste management plans and to require public participation in the creation of such plans unless they have been designed solely for serving national defence or in case of civil emergencies. It would seem unlikely that urgent demolition subsequent to arson constitutes a civil emergency but even if it did, that should not preclude the salvage of bricks for reuse, especially if the demolished material can be loaded into trucks and taken to a facility where whole bricks could be salvaged - and this would seem to be a legal requirement if it can be shown that there is demand for the reclaimed bricks.
If there is no demand for the reclaimed bricks, then 'preparing for reuse' need not be applied. However, the agency concerned in making or sanctioning such a decision would need to prove that there was no demand before the bricks could be crushed (recycled) or landfilled, and this could only be done with confirmation from professionals within the brick reclamation sector.
It could be that the bricks were damaged during the fire. London yellow stocks can turn pink in a fire and will eventually vitrify and turn a glassy black. Fire damaged bricks may be tested for soundness by clinking two of them together. If they ring they are usually sound. Vitrified reclaimed bricks may still have a market for reuse as flared headers in diaperwork.
Reclaimed bricks may require testing for frost resistance and salt content for reuse in structural walls externally, but any sound brick would be deemed suitable for reuse internally, and such reuse is encouraged in the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Schedule 1 of the Waste Regulations 2011 requires the disposal of waste or reusable material to be the subject of a waste prevention programme and waste management plan.
It states:
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SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 5, 8 and 11
Waste prevention programmes and waste management plans
PART 1
Objectives
Overall objective
1. To protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use.
Application of the waste hierarchy
2.- -
(1) To apply the following waste hierarchy as a priority order in waste prevention and
management policy- -
(a) prevention;
(b) preparing for re-use;
(c) recycling;
(d) other recovery (for example energy recovery);
(e) disposal.
(2) When applying the waste hierarchy in sub-paragraph (1), the appropriate authority must ensure that it- -
(a) encourages the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome, which may require specific waste streams to depart from the hierarchy where this is justified by life- cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste;
(b) takes into account- -
(i) the general environmental protection principles of precaution and sustainability,
(ii) technical feasibility and economic viability,
(iii) protection of resources, and
(iv) the overall environmental, human health, economic and social impacts.
Protection of human health and the environment
3. To ensure that waste management is carried out without endangering human health, without harming the environment and, in particular- -
(a) without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals;
(b) without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and
(c) without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest.
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NEW YORK SALVAGE AND RECYCLING LIST COMPILED BY NERC AND PROMOTED BY EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
The Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC) has produced a list of businesses which reuse, recycle and compost waste in the New York area. The list, which was commissioned from NERC by New York State's Empire State Development office, should provide recycling and reuse businesses with greater exposure to potential clients, and is a free service that could directly benefit salvage dealers, says compiler Athena Lee Bradley.
The list details 1,200 businesses from New York and northeast states, plus national and international companies, including brokers, collector/haulers, processors, composters, manufacturers, and reuse enterprises.
It should help find haulers and processors for materials, from paper to pallets, and should help manufacturers locate secondary or recycled materials needed for production. It also should increase the visibility of recycling and reuse businesses and should help such businesses gain customers.
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 HOW TO DETER COMPETITORS FROM COPYING YOUR WEBSITE IMAGES
A dealer in reclaimed stone asked how he can stop the images and photos on his website being copied and used by a competitor on their website. This is difficult to prevent because anyone who can view an internet image can also copy and reuse it, however there are some deterrents which could help.
Basically, any image displayed on the web browser of a visitor to your website has already been downloaded by that visitor to his or her computer - that is how web pages work. The only way to prevent that automatic download is to not put your images on a web page in the first place.
Your website should state that copyright belongs to you. The most common way to do this is with a copyright statement including the word 'Copyright' and the copyright symbol '©', the name of the copyright holder, the year date, and a simple declaration such as 'All rights reserved'. The complete copyright statement should look something like this - 'Copyright © 2011 BizName. All rights reserved.' If someone then copies an image you can send a legal 'cease and desist' letter pointing out that it is clearly stated on your website that the image is copyright.
If there are several images on a web page which have been taken by different photographers each should have a caption including the photographer's name. This does not have to state copyright ownership which is implied. If no caption is used the web page copyright statement will prevail.
Search engines copy images and many of these are copied and used on other websites. Search engines allow people to search for images but they do not prevent visitors from copying them. You can prevent search engines from indexing your images by using a robots.txt file to keep search engines out. This will not deter all search engines, but it will deter the main ones.
SalvoWEB gives users the option of refusing to allow images to be indexed by search engines such as Google. On Step 2 of create an ad, click the radio button 'Crawl by Google? Yes or No'. If you refuse to allow your image to be indexed it may reduce the amount of viewers your ad receives.
You can disable right-clicking with JavaScript code. When the user right-clicks an image to save it on a PC running Windows, they get an error message telling them the action is not permitted. This does not work on Macs. Disabling right-clicking is a well-known trick and will not deter anyone who knows how to deal with it. Also, because this method disables all right-clicking, it is very annoying for visitors who genuinely want to right-click in the page. A variation on the standard disbaler can be created which only affects images. The drawbacks of this method outweigh the advantages and it is not recommended.
A lesser-known nifty trick is to cloak images behind a transparent gif. Place the original image on the page in a table or layer, then place a transparent GIF image the same size over the top. When users right-click the image they will save the transparent GIF and end up with nothing.
An overt watermark is a very safe method which protects the actual image from copying by placing semi-transparent text over the image. This method affects the way the image looks, and is really only suitable for displaying sample images. A covert digital watermark can be used which does not show on the image, but which can be detected if the same image is copied and used on another website. Covert watermarks are not much of a deterrent but are good for proving ownership.
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 PARK FENCING BOOSTS BUSINESS TO STRONGEST IN 25 YEARS SAYS HUGHIE POWELL
South Warwickshire blacksmiths are working flat out to fulfil the orders for estate and deer park fencing won by their Stourton-based ironwork company, which is enjoying the strongest start to a year in its 25 year history, states an article in Tewkesbury Admag.
Cotswold Decorative Ironworkers, which is based at Marsh Farm, Stourton, near Shipston, has won orders for thousands of metres of its hot dipped galvanised fencing which is now being installed on estates in Oxfordshire and many other parts of southern England.
Founder and managing director Hughie Powell says: "We are just keeping up with demand - at one stage our huge stock of two miles of fencing and 150 gates was getting depleted, but our smithy and installation teams have kept abreast of the work."
Cotswold Decorative Ironworkers is a supplier of fencing, tree guards, entrance gates and ornamental bridges to organisations like the National Trust and English Heritage as well as major estates such as Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, Batsford Arboretum, Gloucestershire, and for Lord de Ramsey at Abbots Ripton Hall in Huntingdonshire.
Mr Powell said: "I think there are three key factors which are driving our success in this difficult economic climate. We are competitive on price but our emphasis is on accurate historic replication and longevity of life of our products.
"Our business originated in the architectural salvage sector which means that since the 1980s we have acquired vast historic knowledge of how to replicate exactly the classic designs of the 19th century."
Mr Powell has worked with his friend and business partner Peter Kenealy for the past 35 years. Mr Kenealy is an expert draughtsman and has vast experience of "bending metal" techniques which makes him the key creative force behind the business.
"It's what gives us the edge on the really challenging work, be it classic entrance gates or intricate ornamental bridges.
"Above all though, our gates and fencing are hot dipped galvanised which has put us ahead of our competitors.
"Owners of the estates we work for who require large quantities of fencing understand the long term saving through investment in metal work that has been hot dipped galvanised - because it ensures indefinite life while costing a premium of less than three per cent at the production stage."
[Tewkesbury Admag 11 July 2011]
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 PETER DORRINGTON'S ANTIQUE FARM TOOLS INTERNET RESOURCE
Peter Charles Dorrington (1933-2004) collected and restored over 750 antique farm tools between 1985 and 2001. Most of these tools were agricultural hand implements and fenland tools that were used in England, Wales and Scotland, dating from about 1600 to 1940, for example chaff cutters, flails, scythes, dibbers and breast ploughs. Photographs of roughly half the tools that are still in the collection are included here. Information and notes on some of the tools are also included.
The story of chaff cutting is covered in considerable detail: 'The chaff box or cutter was a simple but ingenious device for cutting straw chaff, hay, and oats into small pieces - before being mixed together with other forage and fed to horses and cattle. Apart from being more economical than previous methods of feeding, this aided the animal's digestion and prevented animals from rejecting any part of their food. Since the chaff box was made largely of wood (usually ash) with only a small amount of ironwork, it cost relatively little to make and, as a result, few farms, town or country stables were without one by the end of the eighteenth century. There were two sizes, one of heavy construction which normally resided in the darkened corners of barns or stables and another smaller model made of pine or similar wood which was portable.'
The site has photos and descriptions of 800 tools that are, or were, in the Dorrington collection, now managed by Geoffrey Dorrington, his son.
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THE REUSE PEOPLE TRAINS 14 IN DECONSTRUCTION IN IVANHOE NEIGHBORHOOD
The Reuse People (TRP) recently participated in a well conceived government program in Kansas City, MO, designed to relieve blight and recover reusable materials from abandoned homes. While this deconstruction program is sceduled to continue for 18 more months, the people involved in its creation and successful kickoff deserved early recognition. Theirs was an excellent demonstration of what could be accomplished when everyone worked together and no single entity or individual insisted on taking credit.
Countless municipalities throughout the U.S. have received AARA (stimulus) funding - a uniquely compelling program for three reasons:
The level of cooperation and collaboration among the partners
The positive attitude of the trainees
The requirement that the contractors chosen to deconstruct the abandoned houses hire trainees who satisfactorily complete the deconstruction training course.
Partners have included:
EnergyWorksKC, a program established by the city for distributing AARA funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. These funds have enabled the city to embark on the building deconstruction program.
Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), which provided grant funding to TRP for the training of both deconstruction workers and area contractors. MARC also coordinated the involvement of the various partners.
The Office of the City Manager, the source of additional funds for the deconstruction program and for hazardous materials identification and abatement.
The Department of Dangerous Buildings, responsible for reviewing abandoned buildings and identifying those with the highest value recoverable materials.
Ivanhoe Community Center, responsible for screening trainees for the deconstruction training program and arranging classroom space.
The Full Employment Council (FEC), which arranged for trainees to receive work boots, work clothes, and OSHA training.
Habitat for Humanity Kansas City. The designated recipient of all salvaged materials, Habitat also provided classroom space for the contractor training workshop.
TRP, responsible for delivering contractor and worker training programs, providing deconstruction oversight, and collecting diversion and disposal data on the deconstruction projects.
Fourteen individuals from the Ivanhoe neighborhood were selected to receive deconstruction worker training. A few had construction experience but most did not. From beginning to end, they were enthusiastic, willing to work and learn, and coalesced into a great working team. Written tests were given at the end of each classroom day, with some students achieving perfect scores. Every member of the class successfully completed the course requirements and received a certificate.
As is customary in TRP trainings, all tools were loaned to the participants, including those they carried in their tool belts: framing hammer, lineman's pliers, utility knife, set of screwdrivers, adjustable wrench and flat bar. Company tools included generators, power saws, screw guns and large pry bars. An onsite lockable steel container held the company tools, and I suggested that the students leave their tools in that container as well, since most either walked to the jobsite or took the bus. Instead, every student elected to take his tools home and accept personal responsibility for their return. Almost nothing was lost.
I evaluated the progress of trainees at the end of each training day, and they were consistently ahead of schedule. One would have thought they were being paid on a piecework basis, but in actuality they received no compensation other than personal safety equipment and work clothes.
Contractors interested in bidding under this deconstruction program were required to attend a TRP two-day deconstruction workshop, which covered the community, environmental and bottom-line benefits of deconstruction and surveyed the types of materials that can generally be salvaged (appliances, bricks, cabinets, doors windows, lumber, etc.) as opposed to recycled or disposed of. Participating contractors toured potential deconstruction sites and were shown estimating and bidding techniques. Each contractor hired to deconstruct abandoned buildings through this program is required to hire at least two graduates from the worker training program.
Using stimulus money to deconstruct abandoned homes and clear blighted neighborhoods has one major drawback: Once the monies are expended, most cities revert back to traditional demolition. In other words, the switch is temporary and nobody has been converted. I do not condemn cities for the lapse. Demolition is simply cheaper and more expedient, and government (taxpayer) dollars must be managed in a fiscally responsible manner.
However, when entities within a political subdivision collaborate, smaller amounts of money can be assembled to promote deconstruction on an ongoing basis. Many stakeholders have roles to play in removing abandoned buildings through deconstruction: banks, police and fire departments, building departments, correctional agencies, neighborhoods, employment development agencies, used building-materials distributors, woodworkers and contractors, to name a few. All it takes is some political will and a readiness to share the credit. If you need more convincing, please call me.
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 CHANCELLORS ACCOMMODATES NESTING WREN IN WAREHOUSE
When I mention that we are based at 'Rivernook Farm, Sunnyside' people often say how nice it sounds. An Sylvanian image of trees, haystacks and petting cattle is conjured up which sadly gives no idea of the reality - we work in a lorry park surrounded by dozens of chemical lavatories. In Feng Shui terms it is definitely a fail.
However, we do have some nature. Premature blackberries, foxes, rats and this mother Wren who has built her nest a few inches from the main door of the rear warehouse in a breezeblock hole. They're feisty little birds that make an ugly Tutting noise when they want you to clear off. If they were dogs, they would be Chihuahuas.
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DANISH BRICK CLEANER OBTAINS EU INNOVATION GRANT
Mursten der har været brugt til opmuring, har patina, der skaber rå, rustikke vægge til facader, gulve og vægge. Historien og sjælen bevares - og miljøgevinsten er markant: 2000 gamle mursten sparer miljøet for 1 ton C02. Gamle Mursten har som de eneste løst udfordringen med rensning af gamle mursten på forsvarlig vis. Med en patenteret teknologi kan Gamle Mursten rense 5 - 6.000 sten i timen - og være med til at sikre vores miljø i fremtiden.
Gamle Mursten, a brick cleaning business in Denmark, has been awarded an EU Innovation Grant for setting up the first market uptake of a new automated system to clean old bricks and reuse them, although only one plant will be set up in Denmark.
Gamle Mursten (aka Old Clean Bricks) writes:
'Past and present embodied in the same brick. Bricks have a natural patina perfect for raw, rustic surfaces for facades, floors and walls. History is preserved and the benefits to the environment are substantial. 2000 old bricks save 1 ton of CO2 from being emitted into the environment. Old Clean Bricks has created a solution to cleaning old bricks responsibly. Using its patented technology, Old Clean Bricks can clean 5000 to 6000 bricks an hour - helping to reduce environmental impact for the future.'
Is there a Danish SalvoNEWS reader willing to translate the dialogue in this video into English?
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 PEACOCK AUCTIONS OLD FASHIONED BATHROOMS LTD ON 23RD AUGUST
Mark Baker, of W & H Peacock auctioneers, has announced the sale in Dereham, under instructions from the directors, of Old Fashioned Bathrooms Ltd on Tuesday 23rd August 2011 commencing at 10.30am.
Among the lost advertised are Traditional Bathroom Displays, Modern & Period Fittings, Showroom Equipment, Storage Buildings, High quality modern & traditional style roll top, cast iron and other baths, suites in a variety of retro, Victorian, Edwardian and other styles, cloakroom suites, wash basins, showers and other fittings by Imperial, Sanitan, St James, Roman, Victoria + Albert, Edwards & Co and other manufacturers. A wide range of pillar taps, mixer taps, bath fillers, radiators, towel rails, toilet fittings and many other accessories. Mirrors, chandeliers & other light fittings, tiles and many other items. Bathroom and cloakroom furniture.
Period Fittings include a collection of period toilet and bath fittings including Victorian transfer patterned toilet pans, early wooden housed toilets, wash basins & pedestals; a wide range of taps and fittings in brass and nickel for restoration
Other Items include a sectional timber and felt storage buildings in various sizes; sectional concrete building; hand tools & equipment and many other items.
Viewing is on Saturday 13th August (10am -4pm), Friday 19th (9am -5pm), Saturday 20th (10am -4pm), Monday 22nd (9am -5pm) and on the day of sale from 9am.
At the Company's Premises,
Foresters Hall, 52, High Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 6QW
As well as being able to attend our forthcoming auction you can also view and then bid live online via the website. Further details from the auctioneer Mark Baker 01234 266366 info@peacockauction dot co.uk. Bedford Auction Centre Newnham Street, Bedford, MK40 3JR
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 HONEST BUYER RETURNS STOLEN HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM FERN LEAF BENCH
The buyer of an antique Coalbrookdale fern leaf and blackberry bench which was stolen from the Hammersmith and Fulham area of west London on 16th July has returned the bench to its rightful owner, as a result of a Salvo Theft alert.
The victim, who reported the crime to their local police on the day following the theft, and who then immediately created the Salvo theft alert, was pleased to have the bench back.
She wrote, 'Thank you Salvoweb and thank you to the honesty and integrity of the purchaser who wished to carry out research on what they had bought through the Salvo site, only to discover it listed as stolen in the 24 hours prior to their purchasing it. It is now safely returned to rightful owners.'
It is not known whether the person who stole the bench was arrested by the police.
Notes for Editors
1. Salvo Theft Alerts have been running since 1992, on the web since 1995, and have resulted in the recovery of between 100 and 150 pieces of stolen antique garden ornament, sculpture and architectural antiques worth an estimated £500,000. More could be recovered if more people raised theft alerts.
2. To report a theft, firstly victims must report the theft to their local police and obtain a crime reference number, then the victim raises a Salvo Theft alert. The victim's name and address do not appear on the theft alert. The cost to raise a theft alert is £5.00 (€5 in Europe, $5 in USA)
3. The system works after a suspected stolen item has been intercepted, usually by a dealer who contacts the police, who can then use the police crime reference number attached to the Salvo Theft Alert to identify the theft. The victim and address of the theft is guaranteed anonymity by Salvo.
4. Rewards can be offered, but Salvo does not endorse these. Rewards can only legally be paid in the UK subject to the arrest and conviction of the criminal responsible for the theft. The normal phrase used is 'Reward offered, subject to the usual conditions'. Reward conditions can be waived in some circumstances by the county police force Chief Constable upon recovery of the goods without an accompanying arrest and conviction.
5. The police, churches, war memorial custodians, local authority planning departments, conservation officers, listed building officers, and amenity society heritage groups are all encouraged to raise Salvo theft alerts after the theft of garden or architectural antiques. These are free of charge for the foregoing groups. One UK national heritage institution has regularly used Salvo Theft alerts for fifteen years and has seen a reduction in the theft of antique garden ornament.
6. Theft alerts can act as a deterrent to criminals. Publicising thefts may result in the recovery of stolen goods and can result in arrest and conviction of criminals.
7. Salvo Llp is a partnership of two people and one full time employee which was started in 1992. SalvoWEB is viewed by over 200,000 people every month. Contact Salvo on 01225 422300 for more information.
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 OFT LAUNCHES DISTANCE SELLING WEBSITE FOR ONLINE RETAILERS
The UK government Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a new online resource to help businesses comply with the law when selling goods and services at a distance - such as website or mail order sales.
The Distance Selling Hub provides information for businesses about the rules and regulations that apply to the sale of certain goods and services over the internet, telephone, through interactive TV, by text or by mail order.
OFT research shows that many businesses are not fully complying with the Distance Selling Regulations (DSRs), the main law that relates to shopping from a distance, with the OFT's 2010 Drivers of Compliance report estimating that only nine per cent of business respondents considered themselves to be very familiar with the DSRs.
The DSRs give shoppers specific legal protections and different cancellation rights from those buying in store, including:
An unconditional 'cooling off' period (usually seven days) during which an order can be cancelled and a full refund received (this excludes certain items such as perishable items or personalised goods).
A full refund if the goods or services are not provided by the date agreed. If a date was not agreed, then the shopper is entitled to a refund if the goods or services are not provided within 30 days.
The OFT is urging traders to review their sales and returns policies to make sure they are lawful and the launch of the Distance Selling Hub is part of the OFT's commitment help businesses understand their legal requirements.
The Hub provides a simple at-a-glance guide to the law, detailed explanations, practical examples, and training materials developed to help businesses understand their obligations.
As part of the OFT's focus on compliance with the regulations, it has also been working closely with major retailer Next as it updated its online terms and conditions. This has resulted in Next providing greater upfront transparency about the rights its customers have when cancelling contracts and returning goods.
Jason Freeman, Director in the OFT's Goods and Consumer Group, said:
'The growth in distance selling - in particular via the internet - is bringing great benefits to consumers and the economy, but also creates new risks.
'Businesses need to check that they are treating their customers fairly so that shoppers trust them and can continue to shop confidently. We know most traders want to comply with the rules and the development of this hub is designed to help them stay on the right side of the law.'
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The Distance Selling Hub has been developed in close consultation with businesses and trade associations and follows the launch last year of the OFT Sale of Goods Act Hub. Both hubs can either be used as they are or incorporated into existing staff training programmes, making them suitable for both small and large firms.
Research conducted to help with the development for the Distance Selling Hub and outlined in the Distance Selling Hub Strategy (pdf 165kb) also investigated potential levels of consumer detriment caused by non-compliance and found:
- a significant increase in levels and frequency of online shopping - 63 per cent of all adults shopped online in past year (46 per cent in 2009) with an average annual spend of over £400
- an increase in consumers' awareness of their right to cancel if they change their mind - however the majority were unaware of the seven day limit to the right (the average perception is 15 days)
- a quarter of respondents said they had experienced a problem related to the DSRs
- where problems resulted in direct monetary loss, this was on average £5.67 per online shopper, equating to some £174million in total across Great Britain each year (note these figures are central estimates - the OFT has not attempted to quantify the sampling uncertainty around them).
The OFT's report, Consumer Law and Business Practice Drivers of Compliance and Non-Compliance report (2010) indicated that round nine per cent of business respondents considered themselves to be very familiar with the DSRs.
The OFT set out its longer term national strategy for protecting consumers online and published its e-protection strategy on 9 December 2010.
The OFT can consider any complaint received for breaches of the DSRs and has powers to apply to the courts for an injunction against any person who is considered responsible for a breach of the regulations. The OFT secured a court order against Arora Tech Limited for failing to comply with the DSRs in June 2011 (press release: OFT secures refunds for internet shoppers - 23 June 2011).
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 HOME CHANNEL'S 'NEW RECLAIMERS' LAUNCHES IN SEPTEMBER
UK home and garden channel, Home, part of UKTV network, has announced the launch of a new five part hour long series entitled The New Reclaimers where salvage team, Dan Hill and Charis Williams of Brighton, transforms properties using salvage.
UKTV stated that the programme was commissioned by UKTV's Director of Commissioning, Jane Rogerson, ordered by interim Lifestyle Director and Home's Channel Head, Clare Laycock and was overseen by UKTV's Commissioning Editor, Tracy Forsyth.
UKTV writes, 'The New Reclaimers from Tern TV follows expert reclamation partners, Dan Hill and Charis Williams, on their ultimate recovery quest. The pair will use their established reclamation techniques to renovate family homes around the UK for a fraction of the cost usually quoted by larger building firms. In each home, they will make over two rooms, and advise viewers on where to recover goods and how to create great transformations on tight budgets. The show will follow each journey every step of the way, from the discovery of the materials through to the transformation itself. Each episode will climax on a stunning reveal to the homeowner.'
Tern TV is a production company which makes animation, documentary, drama, factual format such as BBC4's Delphi with Michael Scott, and Great British Journeys with Nicholas Crane, and lifestyle format such as Celebrity Parent SOS, Mike Reid's Under Par and Scrubbers.
UKTV's Commissioning Editor, Tracy Forsyth said, "We are delighted to be working with Red House, October Films and Tern TV, to produce these three new commissions for Home. We believe they will resonate well with our core audience and will help to expand the original content currently featured on the channel."
Interim Lifestyle Director and Home Channel Head, Clare Laycock adds: "The commission of these three series highlight Home's commitment to help show viewers what they can achieve with their homes whether that's down to a simple décor project, a renovation, or a full on build."
Home is the UK's dedicated homes channel, with programmes such as Nick Knowles' Original Features, which also features reclaimed materials and reclamation yards, My Flat-Pack Home, Love the Place You're In and Fantasy Homes by the Sea, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, DIY SOS, Escape to the Country and Ground Force. Targeting a core demographic of 25-54 years, Home is available on Sky channel 246, Virgin TV 265, Top Up TV 26.
UKTV, formed in 1997, is an independent commercial joint venture, between BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and Virgin Media, which attracts 36 million viewers each month, the network consists of 10 distinctive channel brands Home, Watch, Gold, Dave, Alibi, Yesterday, Blighty, Home, Really and Good Food offering a broad range of programming across entertainment, lifestyle and factual programming. UKTV's programming strategy combines content from the BBC with high profile original commissions and key acquisitions. All UKTV channels are distributed on Sky and Virgin Media. Dave, Dave ja vu, Yesterday and Yesterday+1 are also available on Freeview.
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BRC ADVISES AGAINST SALE OF OLD NICKEL COOKWARE
Linda Crane, technical director of the British Retail Consortium (BRC), advised that old nickel cookware should not be sold by dealers for use in the kitchens of customers.
Several French solid nickel or internal nickel-plated saucepans were sold by a dealer at Salvo Fair 2011 to a customer from Oxford who, on returning home was told they were unsafe to use because they could contaminate his family. He had a baby and a small child. He subsequently returned the pans and was given a refund by the dealer who said he thought that they were legal to use in France but who offered the refund anyway.
Salvo contacted several agencies about whether selling internally plated or solid nickel cooking pans was legal, of which only Linda Crane of the BRC replied, stating:
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The regulations about materials in contact with food (such as cookware) are quite complex. There is an overall general law (regulation 1935/2004) that says such products should not release anything into food that has a harmful or deleterious effect and a number of rules about specific materials.
Although there is no actual specific ban on nickel products - there is an overall limit about how much material can be transferred into food from the cookware of 0.1mg/kg. When acid foods such as fruit are cooked in metal pans, a very small amount of the surface is dissolved into the food and this could exceed the allowed amount.
There are also some technical guidelines from the Council of Europe (dated Feb 2002) which recommend that nickel is not used for food contact items.
Overall then - I think it would be advisable not to sell nickel cookware items. The same would apply to items with interior nickel plating, although external plating would be OK as this is not in contact with the food.
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The UK government 'Guidance on the safety of products containing Nickel' cites the EU REACH directive which governs the use of chemicals which is only conerned with nickel which comes into contact with skin, to which some people and animals are allergic, particularly nickel or nickel-plated earrings, piercings, jewellery, watches, clothes rivets and zips. The law states that all products which come into direct and prolonged contact with the skin must have a rate of nickel release less than or equal to 0-5 micrograms per square centimetre, per week. 'Direct and prolonged contact' means actually touching the skin under normal use for continuous periods of time. The guidance does not mention ingestion via cookware.
Stainless steel saucepans contain chromium and nickel. A medical paper by Laboratoire Pharmaceutique de Biochimie, Pharmacotoxicologie et Analyse des Traces, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, about nickel ingestion stated:
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Nickel ingestion can cause exacerbation of dermatitis in patients who are already nickel-sensitive; Chromium (Cr VI) is the 2nd allergen, after nickel. However, stainless steel is widely used in home cookware. In this study, we determined nickel and chromium levels by atomic absorption spectrometry in 11 habitual menus cooked in different grades of stainless steel utensils. We noted a great difference in nickel and chromium intake depending on the menu, and a significant difference between the glass and stainless steel saucepans, but this was very low compared with the levels of nickel and chromium contained in the menus; mean intakes of these elements were under the tolerable daily intake (TDI) recommended by the World Health Organization. Hence, there is no advantage for nickel-sensitive patients in switching to materials other than stainless steel, provided that this is of good quality.'
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In other words, the food itself contained much more nickel than was leached from the saucepans.
The Nickel Institute stated that stainless steel pans should always be heated with boiling water, the water discarded, and then the pans thoroughly washed before first use for cooking. Nickel-plated food contact materials should not be used. Nickel-containing food contact materials with the exception of stainless steel should be labelled.
Here was the Nickel Institute's advice (June 2009):
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Nickel and Stainless Steel Cookware
Nickel Stewardship
Nickel is commonly used in as an alloying element in stainless steel cookware. The nickel increases the durability of cookware so that pots, pans and utensils can be cleaned thoroughly, over and over again, with minimal tarnishing or corroding over time. The most typical grade of stainless steel in food contact applications is AISI 304, commonly referred to as 18/8. The first number refers to the amount of chromium that is contained in the stainless (18% chromium), and the second number is the amount of nickel (8% nickel).
Nickel-containing stainless steel cookware has a long history of safe and hygienic use in food contact applications. There is one possible concern however: a very small subgroup of nickel-sensitised people might experience flare-ups of nickel dermatitis after ingesting sufficient volumes of nickel in food and water. This advisory note seeks to advise manufacturers of cookware and consumers on how to minimise the risk of elevated nickel levels in food.
Assessing the risk.
Nickel release from consumer items that come into di- rect and prolonged contact with the skin (e.g. jewellery) is the central issue in nickel allergy. There is no evidence that nickel in the diet will make anyone allergic to nickel. However, for those already allergic to nickel, there is evidence that for certain hyper-sensitive individuals high nickel levels in the diet may trigger an allergic reaction. Those hyper-sensitive to nickel and wishing to limit their exposure to nickel are often advised to reduce the amount of nickel in their diet. Nickel is present in the diet because it is found naturally in soils and water. Nickel is taken up in small amounts by all plants as an essential element for healthy growth. Some plants, however, accumulate more nickel than others. To reduce the amount of nickel in the diet, therefore, hyper-sen- sitive individuals may be told to avoid oats, nuts, cacao (chocolate), pulses (such as peas, beans and lentils) and other foods.
Advice sometimes goes beyond the foods consumed to consider the pots, pans and utensils used to prepare the food. The concern is that the nickel present in the diet is being increased by nickel that "migrates" from stainless steel pots and pans during cooking.
A number of studies on this subject have studied the ef- fects of how cooking aggressive foods (tomatoes, apricots, rhubarb: fruits known for their acidity) contributes to the amount of nickel added to the cooked final products. Some increase was noted, particularly from new pots and pans, but the amount released decreased quickly after the first 3 or 4 uses.
In one typical study, new stainless steel pots showed an average pickup of 0.2 micrograms nickel per kilo- gram of food cooked. After five cooking and cleaning operations, the stainless steel pots showed an average pickup of 0.03 micrograms nickel per kilogram of food cooked. These are relatively small contributions to the average range of dietary intake of 100 - 600 micro- grams nickel per day.
Nickel-containing stainless steels in cooking vessels and utensils are therefore not significant in the con- sideration of the overall exposure of any individual to nickel either by dermal (skin contact) or oral (ingestion) routes of exposure.
Recommendations For designers and manufacturers:
Be aware that the Council of Europe has developed rec- ommendations for the use of metals and alloys intended to come into contact with food1. These recommenda- tions include the following for nickel:
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Recommendations for consumers:
When purchasing new cookware, thoroughly wash with water and detergent before use. For new pots and pans, boil water in cooking vessel and discard the water prior to first use.
If you are concerned about the amount of nickel in your diet, be aware that there are two consumer products that could also be considered: kettles with nickel- plated immersion heating elements and chromium-nickel plated taps and faucets. For more information about these specific cases, please refer to the corresponding Advisory Notes entitled Nickel and Kettles, and Nickel and Water Faucets.
Nickel Institute policy and practice
As part of the Nickel Stewardship programme, the Nickel Institute communicates with manufacturers and industry bodies to discourage the use of nickel-plated components that come into contact with food stuffs. More generally, the Nickel Institute works with regula- tory bodies on the safe and appropriate use of nickel and nickel-containing materials in all aspects of food and beverage production.
The Nickel Institute will work with any individual, industry sector, dermatological association or government agency to increase knowledge, improve practices or educate consumers. The Nickel Institute supports the use of regulation similar to that that exists in the European Union to reduce direct and prolonged skin contact with high nickel release materials in consumer goods.
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On many websites collectors of copper or cast iron nickel-plated saucepans state that nickel plating can be removed by reverse electro-plating.
One website (since deleted) recommended that acidic fruits in particular should not be cooked in solid nickel or nickel-plated cookware.
To sum up, we could not find any law prohibiting the sale of solid nickel or nickel-plated cookware, and it would seem that the food itself is of far greater nickel risk than the material. However, some people are nickel sensitive.
Salvo's advice to dealers is to label nickel plated or solid nickel cookware for sale in their showrooms thus: 'Made from solid nickel' or 'Plated internally with nickel' and 'Do not use for cooking'.
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PUGH AUCTIONS WINDMILL ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE ON 13TH AUGUST
Howard Pugh, of H J Pugh & Co auctioneers, has announced the forthcoming dispersal sale in Nailsworth, by order of the executors of the late Ross Campbell-Hill, of the contents of Windmill Architectural Salvage on the premises at Thumbstone Farm on Saturday 13th August 2011.
Among the 600 lots advertised are Cotswold stone, granite, building stone, stone tiles, flagstones, pillars, coping, stone gate posts. Large crest piece with Griffin, marble and slate slabs, troughs, Bricks, - red, blue, copers, hand made. Roof tiles, red, stone, clay pan tiles, blue and red ridge, Victorian blue edging tiles, Floor tiles red, yellow, black, Paviours, plinths, bases, staddle stones. chimney pots, baths, sinks, basins, etc., Ironwork Spiral staircases, cast iron troughs, railings, gates, rainwater fittings, 30 cast iron pillars, fittings, scales, old tools and collectables. Timber. Oak, elm, pine and other reclaimed beams, joists, rails, posts, boards, large selection of doors, old pine pews, electric poles. Old farm implements, Case 1395 4wd tractor with loader, rotovators, NH 370 baler, haybob, drum mower, Parmiter chain harrows, 2 two wheeled trailers, 4 wheeled trolley, 2 toppers, old Land Rover, ploughs, sawbench, fuel tanks.
Viewing is on Friday 12th August 2pm-5pm and on the morning of the sale on Saturday 13th August from 8.00am. The sale starts at 10am.
Contact H. J. Pugh on 01531 631122.
H. J. Pugh & Co sold the effects of Juro farm and garden antiques in a 750 lot retirement sale in March 2005.
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 STEAM CAR AND A GRAIN CHANDLER'S BIN ARE £550 TOP LOTS AT GAZE BYGONES
Amongst a plethora of old farm and garden tools, enamel signs, ploughs and agricultural ephemera, most of which sold for a few pounds a lot, there were some striking results at the auction of rural and domestic bygones at Gaze's held on 23 July 2011 at Diss.
A Sankey rhubarb forcer without lid sold for £220 (plus 15 per cent Buyer's Premium), apple boxes sold in batches of fifteen made £38 or £40 a batch, batches of twenty wooden chitting trays made £38. Top trap was a rare egg trap marked 'Gamekeeper' which sold for £460, just beating a 5 3/4ins round jaw pole trap by J Williams & Son, Wednesfield, which sold for £440 while the lesser traps sold from £5 upwards. Top enamel signs were Komo paste and Thackers ink tablets which sold for £290 and £380 respectively.
Blake & McKenzie's reliance seed pocket filler, Liverpool Grice's Patent, which was on display in all its magnificence on Carl Willows' table at the Salvo Fair, sold for £400. Joint top lots were a seed bin signwritten for Gillet's Seed & Corn Chandlers & Potato Merchants, and a hand built coal fired steam car both of which sold for £550.
The next sale will be the Architectural Salvage & Statuary auction on Saturday 3 September 2011.
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REUSE INCORPORATED INTO 2011 WASTE REGULATIONS
The EU waste framework directive which made reuse a legal priority over recycling for all member states, has now been incorporated into law for England and Wales. The 2011 waste regulations for are for businesses that:
- produce waste
- import or export waste
- carry or transport waste
- keep or store waste
- treat waste
- dispose of waste
- operate as waste brokers or dealers.
The hierarchy sets out, in order of priority, the waste management options which must legally be considered:
1. prevention
2. preparing for reuse
3. recycling
4. recovery, eg energy recovery
5. disposal
For more see the Netregs government website and Defra
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 RECLAIMING THE STONE AGE AT KNEBWORTH
The amount of reclaimed walling stone which is salvaged has dropped by half in 10 years and is still falling, according to Thornton Kay, one of the partners who runs Salvo Fair. In 1998 the total reclaimed was 1.1mt. The latest figures indicate this has fallen to 570,000t.
He says reclaimed walling is the most sustainable stone you can buy with a much lower carbon footprint, environmental and social impact than new stone.
Kay is working on embodied carbon calculation for old stone compared to new stone and currently the estimate is one fiftieth of the carbon footprint. He is a member of the BSI committee which wrote the forthcoming BS8905 Guidance on the Sustainable Use of Materials.
Most reclaimed walling stone comes from Victorian times and was handtooled, with an aged patina. Varieties include sandstone, granite, limestone, whin and slate. It comes from craftsmen who were from generations of stone-workers and produced a durable end product.
According to Kay, many salvage yards stock small amounts of reclaimed walling stone, but the larger ones, like the three at the fair - Abacus Stone, Steptoe's Yard (see picture) and Valley Reclamation, which formed the Salvo Fair Reclaimed Stone Park, rescue thousands of tonnes from the demolition crushers and landfill.
In terms of new houses, reclaimed dressed walling stone can be backed off to give an even thickness and then built on to the external skin attached to an outer block wall or as an outer leaf to a frame structure using wall ties. For a small garden retaining wall, reclaimed rubble stone can be laid as easily as drystone or in a weak lime mortar. Lime mortar is the best when dealing with reclaimed stone so it will be reclaimable again in the future.
The reclamation industry was hoping that the Waste Framework Directive would have been transposed by 2010, but DEFRA is dragging its feet on its transposition. The directive puts "preparing for reuse" in the strict hierarchy below prevention, but significantly above recycling, and this would have helped the industry immeasurably.
Since the demolition industry has moved to increased mechanisation, it is easier to crush re-usable material, including stone and bricks, than reclaim it. It is also in the interest of brick manufacturers to crush reclaimed bricks, giving rise to increased market demand and in some cases increased landfill void space.
The reclamation industry is still fighting to get into the commercial specifier market. According to Kay, it is client led. To help the architects and specifiers, the industry has set up a pilot scheme - a deconstruction management system, and there is an existing code of conduct for dealers.
When he started Salvo in the 90s, Kay said that a good aim was for architects to specify 5% by value reclaimed materials on projects. And that target remains a goal today. Retailers seem keener than others in the commercial sector to use reclaimed materials, largely through its inherent aesthetic qualities, although restaurants are increasingly seeing the value, including Jamie Oliver's chain.
Picks from the fair
Architectural Salvage Source was showing a variety of bricks - yellow, soft red, and tudors. Dean Carradine explained that each brick reflects the materials from where it originated. He made the point that size is important, with bricks form the North, predominantly 3 inches thick and those form the South 2.5 inches. Eighty per cent of the material is from demolition and the company is finishing removing bricks and timber roof work from Epsom Hospital.
According to David Ackers, consultant to France-based BCA, there is a big demand in the UK for French oak and terracotta tiles for roofing. He says there is trend at the moment for modern buildings to integrate antique features and vice versa. He says often the quality of the materials is superior and some have a unique patina developed over ages which designers go for. BCA works with demolition companies and has to come up with detailed plans as to how it is going to salvage materials, often in a competitive tender. He said there are a lot of military barracks from which material is being reclaimed at the moment.
In terms of other picks, the Vintage Fridge Company takes well-built old cabinets and wardrobes, puts in well insulated zinc liners, adds ice cubes or blocks, and creates ready made low carbon attractive fridges.
Ecovril is integrating salvaged materials into building designs and had three projects on show, a thatched roof, oak framed annex to a listed building including an unusual waterwheel proposal, an underground earth shelter and a pv powered recycling centre.
Trinity Marine explained the hazardous and dangerous business of salvaging scrap from ship breakers, but said the quality of the materials, be it desks, lights and metal fittings is high because they were made by craftsmen who intended them to last in harsh conditions.
[Republished with kind permission from Sustainable Building magazine June 2011
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MAPLE STRIP MAKES WAY FOR RECLAIMED PINE FLOORBOARDS AT ASHCROFT
It is always handy to be fairly nimble in a recession especially if there is a shift from new flooring to reclaimed, and from maple strip to pine floorboards, which has been the personal experience in this recession of Nikki Ashcroft, of Ashcroft Reclaimed Flooring in West Sussex, who deals in both new and old wooden floors.
"Before the recession began," she said, "new flooring had taken off big time, probably because there were so many newbuilds and they tend to put in new flooring. Now the situation is reversed, and most customers seem to be renovating older properties using old pine floorboards. You have to keep on top of the trends - a few years ago maple was all the rage and our main seller, but now it's totally out of fashion.
"We have regular suppliers of original reclaimed boards, not resawn, so supply is not usually a problem although we can get caught short if a customer needs a very large batch of identical boards from the same source. We may then go hunting for a big supplier."
Ashcroft Reclaimed Flooring is a small family-run business, and Nikki is careful to provide good and friendly customer service, no matter how small the quantity. In the old days customers put up with a take it or leave attitude from dealers, but times have changed and now customers need looking after or they will vote with their feet.
Nikki Ashcroft is one of a small number of UK women involved in family-run salvage and reclaimed flooring businesses including the likes of George and Jeanine Tutt (father and daughter) of Essex, Stephanie and Scarlett Harris (mother and daughter) of Wales and Gloucestershire, Fiona and Nick Gordon of Lancashire, Sandra Spearing of Somerset, Vicki Bale of Shropshire, and Jean and Shaun Powell (mother and son) of Shropshire. No doubt there are others which have been left out - if so please add the details in the 'comments' section below.
Contact Nikki Ashcroft on 01243 554769.
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 BATH BUSINESS USES NEW TECHNIQUES FOR RESTORATION
A company based in East Grinstead, West Sussex has employed a new technique for restoring old basins. The Bath Business, wthat has recently restored a number of antique bedroom basins in a huge old house explains all in its blog. 'We were asked to restore some old antique sinks in an old property. When we arrived we found a lovely old property having its original features, fixtures and fittings restored and renewed. As there were over a dozen bedrooms it was a relatively big undertaking.
The basins were part of the restoration work so we were called in as the restoration experts to restore them. We had to repair some cracked sinks. We also restored some fantastic antique baths in this property.
The basins we were asked to restore were in the bedrooms. As an aside, the bedroom vintage wallpaper looks fantastic! There were quite a few sinks that were cracked or completely broken. Repairing cracked sinks is a specialist job. The fact that the basins had lasted so long was amazing. They were original John Bolding Basins from the first Bolding works. This dates the basins circa 1880-1890.
John Bolding and Sons Ltd were great rivals of Thomas Crapper & Co ltd and in 1963 John Bolding and Sons ltd became the owners of Thomas Crapper and Co ltd. The basins by Bolding are quite distinctive and very aesthetic.
Normally these particlar sinks would be beyond repair. However we have developed an innovative restoration process which we have been using for the last 18 months with great success. So now whereas architectural salvage company's or private individuals were having to dispose of beautiful antique basins we can restore them. We think we are the only bath and sink restoration company that can fix sinks with cracks or damage such as this.
Once repaired we would normally resurface the sinks completely. They would look fantastic, feel fantastic and look virtually new. However the John Bolding Emblem/Logo would be lost. That was not an option in this situation. So we had to very carefully colour match and blend in our restoration work so that the sinks were renewed but the repairs were virtually invisible and the logo stayed intact. Thus preserving the heritage and integrity of the sinks. Restoration work like this is priceless. These basins could have ended up being thrown out with all the history and heritage lost with them. Now they can be admired and used for the next 100 years.'
The Bath Business operated throughout the UK, re-enamelling and repairing cast iron baths, acrylic baths, porcelain wash basins, sinks, toilets, bidets, and shower trays. It also sells Victorian and and Edwardian baths.
The Bath Business, East Grinstead, RH19 4DB Tel: 01342 324577
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 ON YOUR BIKE
Bicycle journeys can be better for health, wealth and the environment and many more people have realised the benefits. Bike journeys in London and other large cities are on the increase. Transport for London reports a 150 per cent increase since 2000 and in Bristol more than one in four workers now cycle to the office. So initiatives which recondition unwanted bicycles are becoming a useful resource in many city centres.
Recycling London, a scheme which collects and reconditions abandoned bikes, has sold or donated to community projects over 25,000 bikes since they were established in 1998. The mechanics restore up to 15 bikes a day.
The Bike Station is another project based in Edinburgh, with branches in Glasgow and Perth. This charity is Scotland's largest seller of reconditioned, recycled secondhand bicycles. The donated bicycles are repaired and parts reused from those they are unable to repair. Anything that is left is then sent to a local scrap metal yard. The Bike Station states that: '262 tonnes of coal is saved by metal recycling'. Cycling in a city centre can be intimidating and free tuition is also offered at The Bike Station. One to one basic bicycle training for anyone who has never ridden a bike before or those who need refresher training can help build up confidence. So thanks to the efforts of The Bike Station, many who would not have ridden a bicycle in the city without their help, are now enjoying cycling to and from work. By arrangement Dr Bike with their mechanical expertise will also come to events or the workplace to help and encourage good bicycle maintenance.
The Bristol Bike Project also encourages bicycle reuse and won the Observer Grassroots Award in 2011 for its contribution to the community. Run by volunteers it repairs and reuses donated bicycles. There is also a Dr Bike available for hire in Bristol. At the Bristol Bike Project it is also possible to Earn-a-Bike. This means young people of any background can learn mechanical skills while also earning a 'free' bike. This idea was launched in 1994 in New York City by Recycle-A-Bicycle which encouraged donated bicycles to be used to foster youth development. In its five workshops around the city 'kids can earn-a-bike by spending time fixing up bikes'.
The Mayor of London's Sky Ride campaign aims to get a million more people riding a bike by 2013 by arranging traffic free days. This enables families and others that are a bit wobbly to build up their confidence on the roads. Dates for the summer are Hillingdon on Sunday 31st July, Sunday 21st August Barking and Dagenham, and Sunday 4th September in Central London. There are many other schemes around so look out for one in your area and get on your bike!
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 SALVAGE TALES FROM A NATURE YARD
Salvage Tales from a Nature Yard
The Ghost Patrol
The year 1960 was memorable for a number of reasons: it was the first time that I became conscious of what a 'decade' actually meant. The songs "Running Bear" by Johnny Preston and "My Old Man's a Dustman" by Lonnie Donnegan were released and both went to number one in the charts and entered my mind and memory for ever and I fell out of the car for the second time in my life! I was 9. I'd first fallen out opposite Comet Cottage (named after Halley's comet) at Comet Corner in Middleton when my mother - in the Alvis - took the corner a little too fast. The passenger door opened and I was flung, unhurt though surprised, high up on the verge. My sister Susan also fell out of the car when she was about 2! You did in those days!
It may also have been the year - but I can't be certain - that I put my arm through the bars of the monkeys cage in Hotham Park in Bognor Regis and the monkey got me and I shrieked and shrieked - "MUMMYYYY!!! HELP ME!! THE MONKEY'S GOT ME!!!" A man brandishing a walking stick whacked the monkey through the bars of the cage who then released me into the arms of my mother who thrashed me there and then for my idiocy! Phew! That was a day!
It was certainly the year that old military stuff, rifles, bayonets, tin helmets, gas masks and items of clothing and the like started to appear in my parents scrap metal yard - the Yapton Metal Co. How we got it I'm not sure but it was there. Loads of it and the summer holidays arrived about the same time. Initially of course, I wasn't allowed to play with the rifles but my parents were amused at my walking about in a gas mask and wearing a tin helmet and my mother's, frequent, wonderful attitude was "Oh let him, he's enjoying himself!" resulted in the fact that I was semi-forgotten and left to my own devices. Very soon I had the bayonet on the end of the Lee-Enfield and my friend Johnny had the 7.92mm Mauser snipers rifle and we went off marching down to the Rec in our gas masks and helmets, army belts and those khaki things you put round your ankles! We tried the army shirts and the tunics but they were vile itchy things and much too big! Water bottles - filled with Cherryade, army bags, field telephones and radios we did have. In fact we had everything to be 'real army'!
By the time the end of the summer holidays approached and Johnny Kid and the Pirates "Shakin' All Over" was number1 The Ghost Patrol was born!
I conceived a small, select unit dedicated to the protection of the people of Yapton - at least the one's that we liked! Those who we didn't would be ignored and left to their inevitable fate! This included, poor Miss Maddox who lived over the road in Burndell House and had - I was horrified to notice - half a beard (!) and her terrifying one-eyed mother!
Our 'patrols' would in the beginning take us over to 'The Jungle' opposite Holkham Cottages and bordered by Downview Road to the east and the Rec to the west. However one day Johnny and I with his young brother Richard in tow (he was forced to wear an itchy shirt and allowed only to carry a stick but was allowed to wear a gas mask as we loads of them!) narrowly escaped losing everything when accosted by some big boys! Half blinded by the claustrophobic atmosphere in our hot, sweaty gas masks that we insisted on wearing all the time we didn't see them smoking under a tree as we approached. A short chase ensued but The Ghost Patrol escaped unscathed!
The recently abandoned Fleet Air Arm station "HMS Peregrine" at Ford was a veritable magnet to us and there we were less likely to meet the kind of opposition that we had encountered in 'The Jungle'. The aerodrome was vast and spooky with empty barrack rooms full of echoes and with cupboards and doors that swung open and banged or squeaked inexplicably. There was the odd pin-up on the wall that I gravitated to! There were strange, clearly ancient, out-buildings. There were several air raid shelters which were pitch black inside and grass-roofed over for disguise. A huge 'swimming pool' squatted malevolently nearby with a foul and perilous looking yellow coloured liquid in it that we pushed rafts out onto and then fell into! And there were the cavernous hangers. Two built in the 50's when 'experimental' flying tests resulted in the sound barrier being broken and two, latticed beamed ones that had a strange and mysterious feel to them.
The Ghost Patrol's motto - which I had invented was "See, Without Being Seen" which was at odds with our appearance of 2 scruffy boys staggering under the weight of hot tin helmets and unwieldy rifles and bayonets, water bottles clanking and having to shout at each other through our gas masks!
The hangars were full of dead birds especially the old ultra-scary one. Unable to rationalise that birds had found their way into the hangar but could not find their way out and had thus died we, or rather I, was convinced a 'poacher' was responsible! I didn't really know what a poacher was but I knew they killed things! All efforts turned to catching the poacher. Hours were spent laying traps with iron and copper wire taken from my parents yard so the poacher would set off the trap and objects fall on him such as a bucket with the noxious yellow liquid taken from 'the swimming pool'. The only person we 'caught' like that was Digger the german shepherd who accompanied me everywhere and who set off a trap that resulted in a fence post falling on him. Poor chap. He limped for a week due to that injury.
With the onset of the autumn term and school once again occupying most of my day, my father carefully removed the weaponry from the former goat hut that was The Ghost Patrol's HQ. Without our weapons we were impotent. I knew that. The Ghost Patrol was no more.
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